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TIL the first digital Casio watch was called the 'Casiotron' and was released in November 1974. It was the first ever digital watch to include a calendar function. Still available secondhand.

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x6PwD TIL that in 1982 Delta Air Lines employees raised $30 million dollars in order to buy a new Boeing 767 as a sign of gratitude and appreciation to the company during economic hardship in the airline industry
6E7Zw TIL that an itch on the left side of the body can be relieved by looking into a mirror and scratching the right side of the body (and vice versa)
W7VM4 TIL there are ancient rock formations that show evidence of early life called Stromatolites. They are formed by mats of microbial life that collect sediment in layers. They have been dated back to 3.45 BYA, making those microbes some of the earliest life on Earth.
BEax TIL the album Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd was in the Billboard Top 200 for a record of 736 weeks since its debut in 1973.
pQ1N TIL the 1999 Sega Dreamcast game Shenmue strived for accuracy to the point of replicating the weather in Yokosuka, Japan in 1987